linux-kernel - [PATCH] mux: fix err

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Date:   Sun, 9 Jul 2017 03:52:27 +0800
From:   kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:     sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com
Cc:     kbuild-all@...org, peda@...ntia.se, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sathyaosid@...il.com,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mux: fix err_cast.cocci warnings

drivers/mux/mux-core.c:491:9-16: WARNING: ERR_CAST can be used with mux_chip


 Use ERR_CAST inlined function instead of ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(...))

Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/err_cast.cocci

Fixes: 1203d8a531ed ("mux: Add new API to get mux_control ref by device name.")
CC: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
---

 mux-core.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/mux/mux-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mux/mux-core.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ struct mux_control *mux_control_get_by_i
 	mux_chip = mux_chip_get_by_index(devname, chip_index);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(mux_chip))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(mux_chip));
+		return ERR_CAST(mux_chip);
 
 	if (ctrl_index >= mux_chip->controllers) {
 		dev_err(&mux_chip->dev,